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National Police add weight to logging crackdown

Cambodia’s National Police have joined the fray in an ongoing crackdown against illegal logging, starting their own “mission group” following the creation of a military police task force last week. ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-police-add-weight-logging-crackdown

Mining ministry hits pay dirt in ’15

The Ministry of Mines and Energy generated a four-fold increase in non-tax revenues from extractive industries last year, collecting just over $17 million, a ministry official said yesterday. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mining-ministry-hits-pay-dirt-15

Tobacco law fines in works

The ministries of health and information are working together to put some teeth into last year’s law restricting the advertisement of tobacco products to sale locations. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tobacco-law-fines-works

Netherlands to bring clean stove auction to Cambodia

A pilot project to bring clean-burning portable stoves to Cambodia was announced on Monday by the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV), which hopes to expand the venture to neighboring Laos and Vietnam. ...

Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/netherlands-to-bring-clean-stove-auction-to-cambodia-106121/

Royal group ordered to dismantle jetty on O’tres beach

Six months after it started construction, Kith Meng’s Royal Group has been ordered to demolish a nearly finished jetty on O’Tres Beach near Sihanoukville, with local officials saying the tycoon’s company was never granted permission to build it in the first place. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/royal-group-ordered-to-dismantle-jetty-on-otres-beach-106093/

Adhoc to lead company forestry license review

In a move to crack down on future illegal logging, the government has created a special Commission, led by human rights group Adhoc, which will review and cancel any licenses of companies that violate forestry laws. ...

May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20362/adhoc-to-lead-company-forestry-license-review/

Cambodia to join anti-weapon smuggling conference

Next week, Cambodia will join a conference focused on stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The conference, to be held in Washington D.C. on January 27th, is part of the US-led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), started in 2003 to keep bomb parts ...

Jonathan Cox and Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20361/cambodia-to-join-anti-weapon-smuggling-conference/

Roadside builders told to back off by ministry

The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation in an announcement yesterday warned that action would be taken against those who illegally construct on the shoulders of, or fill in canals along, National Road 4 between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville. ...

Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/roadside-builders-told-back-ministry

Cambodia canceled two offshore licenses of Resourceful Petroleum

Cambodia canceled two offshore licenses of Malaysia’s operator Resourceful Petroleum, due to violations of the concession agreement and not performing obligations of petroleum agreements. The two licenses were for development and operations of offshore oil Block B and Block F, which has sufficient resources of oil ...

Svilen Petrov
http://www.newsmaritime.com/2016/cambodia-canceled-two-offshore-licenses-of-resourceful-petroleum/

‘Good prospects’ for improved US relations, Cambodia lawmaker says

The U.S. and Cambodia have so far forged a good relationship, but there is room for improvement, a Cambodian lawmaker said Wednesday. Hun Many, who spoke at the U.S.-Korean Institute under Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, said Cambodia needs more friends than ...

Men Kimseng
http://www.voanews.com/content/good-prospects-improved-relations-united-states-cambodia/3156514.html

Meetings over law leave unions wanting

Unions yesterday called for further discussion of the draft trade union law after a bipartisan committee tasked with examining the controversial legislation concluded on Tuesday having agreed to few substantive changes. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meetings-over-law-leave-unions-wanting

Singapore works with Cambodia to hasten the process of getting patent grants

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has started work with Cambodia on patent applications, a move which will allow firms from both countries to hasten the process. ...

Rachael Boon
http://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/singapore-works-with-cambodia-to-hasten-the-process-of-getting-patent-grants

Solar power in the spotlight

The government should invest more in sustainable energy, with a focus on solar power, experts told a conference on energy security yesterday, adding that this could reduce Cambodia’s dependence on large-scale hydropower projects and coal-fired plants. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20291/solar-power-in-the-spotlight/

National election committee addressing ID challenges

The National Election Committee (NEC) is confronting challenges this week regarding new voter registration, paying particularly close attention to problems arising from the dissemination of new voter ID cards and allowing better access to monks who wish to obtain them. ...

Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20311/national-election-committee-addressing-id-challenges/

Fishery manual to aid export potential

A trade facilitation manual aimed at increasing the size of Cambodia’s seafood products will be ready by April and looks to help producers and exporters improve their export readiness and take advantage of ASEAN integration. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fishery-manual-aid-export-potential

Market vendors hold protest against arrest of colleagues

About 300 vendors from the Tumnup market in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district protested in front of the municipal court on Wednesday to demand that two of their colleagues who were arrested amid a dispute over market fees be released. ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/market-vendors-hold-protest-against-arrest-of-colleagues-105953/

Compensation deal is inked with Borei Keila evictees

After seeing a signing ceremony interrupted by protesters on Tuesday, officials from the joint committee for Borei Keila housing solutions yesterday inked compensation deals with 32 out of 56 evicted families. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/compensation-deais-inked-borei-keila-evicteees

Launch of child welfare plan marked

The Cambodian government on Monday launched its first nationwide policy for child development, aiming to enhance education, promote social welfare and strengthen protection for children in the Kingdom. ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/launch-child-welfare-plan-marked

Pheap timber under scrutiny

Authorities from the government’s new anti-logging task force swooped into Stung Treng yesterday and inspected timber stockpiles belonging to the Kingdom’s most prominent logging magnate, Try Pheap, who has been accused of reaping immense profits from the clear-cutting of Cambodian forests for years. ...

Mech Dara and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pheap-timber-under-scrutiny

Ratanakkiri sanitation push starts

The Ministry of Rural Development, UNICEF and NGO Plan International Cambodia on Monday launched a new project to improve access to sanitation for 2,000 families in Ratanakkiri province. ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-sanitation-push-starts

On energy policy, experts and officials differ

Experts on Wednesday urged Cambodia to move away from large-scale hydropower and coal projects and toward more environmentally friendly sources of power or risk long-term energy insecurity, following the launch of a report by investment and advisory firm Mekong Strategic Partners in Phnom Penh. ...

Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-energy-policy-experts-and-officials-differ-105945/

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